How to Make a Paper Doll Face

Paper dolls are a fun and inexpensive craft that you can do with your kids. Making a paper doll face is easy, using simple fine tipped markers or magazine cut outs. Create customized paper doll faces for every child in the house, and watch them have hours of fun with these old fashioned toys.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Newspaper
• Paper doll cut-out
• Fine tipped marker
• Yarn or raffia
• White craft glue
• Magazine cut-outs
• Photographs

1. Cover the table with paper, so the marker does not bleed through.

2. Decide if you are making a boy paper doll face or a girl paper doll face.

3. Draw a practice face on a piece of scrap paper.

4. Outline the eyebrows, eyes, nose and mouth lightly in pencil.

5. Go over the outline with a black fine tipped marker.

6. Add eye lashes and color to the eyes and lips. Make longer eyelashes for girl paper dolls and curvier lips.

7. Add yarn or raffia for hair. You can add braids or pigtails or just a short bang. Attach the hair with white craft glue.

Tips & Warnings

• If you aren't comfortable with drawing a face on the paper doll, you can use a magazine cut out or a photograph of the child whom the doll is for.

Resources

• Paperdolls.org has hundreds of free paper dolls and outfits.
• Danielle's Place has many paper doll ideas for every season.
• Royal Paper Dolls offers paper dolls of famous kings and queens.